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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
destroying the weeds and mellowing the

destroying the weeds and mellowing the
soil.
Medium sized potatoes cut up in two,
lengthwise, and the halves split length
wise, produce good results. We thus get
In each seed-piece, seed end, stem end ans
middle If cut to one eye. plant the
pieces one foot apart.
Flat cultivation is TO be preferred nm
less, after abundant rains. the weeds come
up thlckly, when 1t would be better to hill
sufficiently to cover the weeds rather than
let them appropriate the nusriment due
the potatoes, or, by oveIcrowdiug. rob
them OF sun and air. My practice is TO
commence hoelng as soon as the sprouts
come TO the sucface. ! make it & point
TO clean them thoroughly once, taking
every weed that can be seen, and vkere
the hoe can not reach them without cut
tlng the potato tops, TO pull them out
with the fingers. This gives the potatoes
q fair chance TO grow. and they get so
much ahead of the weeds that spring Up
later as to almost smother them. Keep
the cultlvator going until they have ali
been worked three or four times. For
the later workings shallow cultivation is
the best to prevent cutting the tubers and
roots.
Another point of great Importance is
thinning out the stems, when too many
grow in the hill. Sometimes there will
be from six TO twelve. and even more,
starting OF each hill. If all are permit
ted TO remain, only SIN Ill potatoes will
be found IN such hill. 1t Is good rule
TO thin them to two or three stems in a
nail, leaving the strongest. For destroy
ing the bugs l have found nothing equal
To one part Of paris green and fifty parts
of plaster, thoroughly mixed, and sitted
over the plants. This is death to the
beetles, and will not injure the plants. If
applied when the latter are wet with dew.
or after light sho Ser, 1t is less liable to
be blown off and wasted. fruit can
with holes punched in the bottom. makes
good sitter. If few pieces were rolled
IN the above poisonous mixture and scat
tered about before the potatoes come up,
II would kill off most, If not all, of the
old bugs, and be q great saving of after
labor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
Zinc Collar Pads for Hnrsas-

This is not an advertising paper, but for the
good Of horses We take pleasure in saying that
after many conversations with horsemen. and
seeing many certificates Of veterinary surgeons
and others, We believe that for curing AMI pre-
venting sores on horses there has been no better
invention than the Boss zinc and leather collar
pads patented manufactured, and sold by Dex-
ter Curtis, of Madison. Wis, who superiniend-
ent OF the department Of horses at tie Worlds
New Orleans Exposition--FroHl the Humane So
cietg Journal Our Dumb ARfn1diS.''
Nine. Minnie Hauk appeared In Carmen in
Amsterdam, the local performers singing Dutch
words TO the prima donns's Italian Cnce or
twice however, one Of the artists Desforsez by
name. addressed Nine. Hauk In italian. Mime.
tiauk awaited her opportunity. and when Des-
foTsez sang out Carmen. 10 t'ano. he was con-
sderaby zstonished at the sopranos very nu-
sical answer: Dot geioofak well - which, Of
course set the a,3dieuce in a roar
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
FARM. HOME AND GARDEN
UNDER THE WILLOW.
FREDERICK MANN.

IN waiting. nv love. 10 the cleaning
Where the willow trails low in The stream
1 have waited ia into the starlight,
our eyes 10 blend win their CLEAN
True love. we parted in anger:
oSu ny words harsh aud unjust
On forgive 100 pssSiona e nature
mat for a moment doubted your trust
what giitters so bright in the hollow.
here I've bid msny love lines to thee
words both of JOY and OF sorrow
Meath the limbs of that long bending tree
lis the pure solden Ink that boand Us
placed on your finger so Nhite
ana the sook NJ The angels above Us
Recorded in heaven that night
Icnnoclast, Imbeeile, Yes, SiNnierer!
49, You have shattered your r3oi IN wrath
There remains out few useless fragments
L-ike phantoms to shvdos your path
so there in the brook near the willow
hing the poor bauhle Of gold
Alone must buffet life's bt lows
And smother my rrow untold
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29

Where there are the proper facilities
tor conducting it, geese pay very com
Portable profit, for there is profit not
merely on the birds sold, but ON the fea-
theirs which are semi-annually harvested.
1t Is not necessary to have stream or
pond near, for we know several farmers
who are yearly making very snug profits
from geese who have comparatively
small streams on their farms, in fact 50
small as to make it necessary to dam up
the stream and make pond large enough
for the use of the geese. When pure bred
ones are reared, we recommend the Tou-
louise or else the Bremen or Embden,
both of which are of large size, hardy
and profitable,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
THE HARPER AND THE KING.
LAURA T.. HIssDALE

A minstrel once long time ago,
When slumber closed his weary eyes
Heard a sweet voice in accents low
cali somew here from the starry SKIES
THY precious harp" 1t said -oehold
Hath Inany a fair and shining string
B,It one alone Il wrought OF gold.
Who findest that may glad the ktng.
The minstrel woke and eager came
And there beside the palace gate,
He ever thought of go d and fame
And searched the strings with heart eiate'
The day went by the night came down
nor still he found the golden string;
The slow and weary years went on
nor could the harper glad the KING
One day a child with bleeding feet
A thorn crown on his dropping head,
20 wilt thou sing for me- he SAID
Th.. minstrel answered worn ana oio'
81 give TO tnee my sweetest stre1n:
nTs.-e better than harp OF gold
T,soIace thee for all thy pain.
He touched the harp with music s power
IL flowed, as from the seraph thr"ng'
Aud all tue people came that hour
10 listen TO the harpeF's song,
The portals opened at the sound,
the harper heard the child S voice sing:
The golden string thy heart hath ,uaJ'
vne Child thou servest Is the hing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
STRUCTURES AND URINARY FIs-
A true man belongs to no other time or
place, but is the center of things.
Prof. Loisette's Memory Discover

No doubt can be entertained about the value
and genuineness of Prof. Loisette's Memory
system. a. it IS SO strongly recommended by
Mark Twain, Mr.. Proctor. Hons. W. w. Astor,
Judah T. Benjamin, DIR. Buckley, and others.
For fun details send for Prof. La prospectus,
at 81 Fifth Ave. New YORK. From it the Sys-
TEN is taught by correspondence quite as well as
by personal instruction COLLEGES near New York
have secured his lectures. He has had 100 Column
bia Law students two classes Of 200 each at Yale
go at Meriren $50 at Norwich, 400 at Wellesley
college. and 900 at University Of Penn. We can
higher endorsement.
Fifty years ago, when James and Israel Adams
were and 70 years old, their parents who lived
at Shawan. Md. died. and the buys were sepa-
rated to live with relatives The other day James
who is now business man in Philadelphia,
learned that Israel was in Pikesvile, Md, and he
went there and saw him. The meeting Of the
r5ray
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
Years Teach More Than Books.

Among other valuable lessons impaired by this
teacher Is the fact that for very long time DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has been
being the household physician Of the poor man,
and the able consulting physician to the rich pa
tient. and praised by al for its magnificent ser
vice and efficacy In all diseases Of a chronic ma
respiratory and digestive systems, liver disease
and IL all cases where the use OF an Alternative
remedy Is indicated.
The women Of Worcester. England. intend to
serd QUEEN Victoria a jubilee present Of porce-
lain, and her majesty has consent-d 70 accept IT,
The QLee1 Possesses quantity Of very fine
Worcester porcelain most Of which is at Osborne
II was purchased by tire Duchess Of Kent. when
she was at Worcester, during the reign Of William
".
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
Two Thoughtful Boys.


My +-year-old boy remarked confident
tally to the cook the other day that he
would hate to be a chicken" why.
Roby" Cause / would have to lay eggs,
and don't know how" was the response.
His little cousin grsvely propounded
this conundrun: 'Father. if cows are
cattles, why are no. calves cattless'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
How to Raise a Maximum Crop Of Potatoes.
Thomas Barrett in Rural New Yorker.

IN preparing ground for potatoes, if
manfred in the fall. then Is the best time
TO pillow, as the manure becomes thorough
ly incorporated with the soil, and viii be
more or less rotted by spring Spring
plovlng will do, but if the manure Is no.
rotteo. it will not produce as good results
as fall blowing. l find nothing In the
way of fertilizers equal TO barnyard man
ure; If well rotted, all the better. Let 1t
be spread on IIberally-say fifty 20 seven
ty-ive two horse loads per acre Wood
ashes are also good A tablespoonful of
unleached ashes spread over each bill,
the stalks come throug or just before,
will be of great benefit killing or driving
of worms, and greatly promoting growth
The drills should be feet apart with
strong growing varieties-31z feet are
still better. Make the drills inches
deep. Cut the seed TO two eyes, and
plant 16 inches apart If planted uni
formly, as By ne. at l6 inches apart
they can be cross-worked with hand cul-
tivator, while the tops are small This
would be of crest advantage TO the CROP,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
Summer Excursions,

At all principal railroad ticket offices will be
found ON sale at low rates, during the tourist
season, round-trip tickets, via the Burlington
Route, c., B. & Q. r.. to Portland St Paul,
Minneapolis, and all principal resorts in the
Northwest; and also to Denver Colorado Springs,
and Pueblo, Col. In addition. the Burlington
Route runs at frequent dates in each month ex-
cursions to San Francisco, Los Angeles and San
Diego. When ready to start, call on your nearest
tickrt agent, or address Paul Morton. General
Passenger and Ticket Agent c., b. 6 Q. Z. :.
Chicago, III.
writer in the Springfield Republican claims
to have found out the useful point of the mosqui-
to. He saws: 4 found out the real mission of
the pest by putting a lot of the wigglers into
hogshead of water and filling another hocshead,
into which no wigglers were put. The sec nd
body OF water soon became foul, while the first
remained sweet showing that our Swamps would
more often become sources of disease if they
were not infested with MOSQUITOES "
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29

So low were the funds in the public treasury OF
the United States at the close of 1873 that the
attorney general and several congressman were
indebted to the private credit of Alexander Ham,
iit0n their secretary Of state, to discharge their
personal expenses. President Washington was
obliged TO pass note to Tobias Leer, his private
SECRETARY, TO meeU his household expenses the
note being discounted a. the rate of two per cent
q month, and members Of congress were paid in
n ~
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
TIRE POULTRY YARD.
YOUNG TURKEYS.

Turkeys are an indispensable adjunct
TO tobacco farm, for they will DO most
excellent service in foraging on the large
green worms that infest the tobacco plant,
Being great ramblers. they do not over
look anything in the insect line that NAV
happen to be in their path, and the nun
Der of sucn that flock of turkeys will
destroy in a season is much more than
many would estimate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
BLACK SPANIS2.

This breed lays we'll at this season when
the weather Is warm, and their eggs are
large and white. The carcasses, however.
are inferior for market, and the chicks
grow slowly 1t was once q very popular
breed, but breeding the fowls for their
white face (their most prominent point
haS rendered them far inferior to other
breeds. The Leghorns have pushed them
aside, and the Black Hamburgs are strong
competitors with them for plumage.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29

b rdie Smith-on matrimOny bent, snowshoed
their way over ghteen feet of snow from Saw
tooth 10 hetchum, dragging behind them a to5og-
gan. on which a trunk and bundles with their
necessary W. dding outfit. They took the train at
ketchum for BIackfoot.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
A fetal Eclipse

of all other medicines by Or. R. V. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is approaching I'm
rivaed in bilious disorders, impure blood, and
consumption, which is scrofulous disease of the
lungs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
Delicate Diseases

of either sex. however induced, promptly, thor
o ghly and permanently cured. send 10 cents IN
stamps for large Illustrated treatise. World S
Dispensary Medical Association, Ge3 Main Street,
Buffalo y. Y.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29

"a good man always dies too soon,'
observes Buffalo paper. That may be
questioned. Look around you and see
how many of Us old fellows are still
hanging to it and growing fatter every
day.-DetrOit Free Press
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29

PisO's Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable to use.
II is not liquor or a stuff. soc.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29

Prince Victor Napoleon, exiled, now residing
in Brussels, no ds weekly receptions. Among his
regu ar visitors are number of the Bonapartist
members Of the Paris chamber of deputies who
make weekly pilgrimage to Belgium to pay
their respects to the representative of the house
of Napoleon and to try to boster up its lost
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
The Western Real Estate Man
Detroit Free Press

First confidence man-"How did you
make it down in Kansas?"
Second ditto-'I lost all the money 1
took with me-"
First ditto-"How? A policeman grab
you?"
Second ditto-"No, real estate agent
got hold of me-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29

1t is as easy for the strong man to be
strong ss for the weak man to be weak.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29

Although we have in the preceding para
graphs, made mention of some of the special
ailments TO which particular attention is
given by the specialists at the lnyalidg'
Hotel and Surgical Institute yet the insti-
tuition abOundE i'll skill. facilities, and ap-
paratus for the successful treatment of
every form of chronic ailmcnt whether re-
medical or surgical means.
nv. or Of consultation. aholLla be ndarcasnd Ln
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
GuREn IL hnNE.

Our specialists remove cataract from the eye thereby curn
They also straigtCn CrOEsCyCs and insert utic
when needed Many Ovarian and also TibfOid Tumors
Uterus arrested in growth and cured by clcctruyss
with other Of invention. whereby the great da
cutting operations in these cases is avoided.
Especially has the of improved operations
cocele Hydroccle, FsuT RupGTed Ccryx Ttcri and fc
turcd PeTineum, been alike gratifying both ourselves
patients the results Of numerous
for Structure of the CcrviCa Canal condition fem
orally resulting BTcnncss, Stcrly ana the of
by n safe and painless operation. this Cummunrf
pcdimcnts the bearing of offspring.
A Complete Treatise any of tho above maladins
rnC.lnt In
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29

To those acquainted with our j
20 say that the inyulids' Hotel q
branch establishment located at
England, have, for many years, q
the most largely patrOn2al ANA
the world Tor the treatment aug
arise from youthful iudiscrptiuns
We, many years ago, establish,
treatment of these diseases, md
the most slIillfuI physicians and
that all who apply To MS might r.,
Council of the most rNprripnCpd
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
WORLDS UISPENSiRY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
ee3 Main Street. BUFFALO. N. Y.

qufrng for it's cure
All letters of inqu
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-17

To person who did not know how it
was done it would be a surprise to see how
society news" is collected for the biz
newspapers, says New York letter. 1t
is the general impression that the society
editor hunts up all this, but as a matter of
fact he only puts it together OF course
no reporter is admitted to the private re-
ceptions, dinners and dances that are all
the time going on along Fifth avenue.
And the weddings and private parties are
as select as possible. But at everything
TIN is done the dresses of all the
ladies present are given In full in
the morning papers. Before so much
space was given to society matters the
newspaper reports were meager and it
required no end of trouble to get nj Whist
little news could be obtained. If great
social event was coming off the reporters
interviewed milhners, dressmakers aud
hairdressers in advance, and when the re
ception was going on iudustriously piled
the coachmen with questions and worked
themselves into the good graces of the
butler and servant girls. But the times
have changed and the woman who fails
to have her costume deliberately and cor
rectly inventoried in the morning papers
feels greatly sighted.
There is scarcely a society woman 10
New York who does not expect to be
ca led on before a ball by reporter, and
who has not prepared careful descrip-
ton of her dress and diamonds. If the
woman is not sufficiently prominent to be
on the reporters list, or there lis anv doubt
of it, note finds its way to the society
editor with full description of what she
is TO wear Sometimes the note is ac>
COmpanled by an invitation to call and
view the costly silks and satins. and the
hostess. if such she is to be, names an
hour at which she will be pleased to see
representatives of the press and furnish
them with list of the invited. and what
will be done, and who will furnish the
refreshments and give the music. 1t is in
this way that the life of society editor
is made easy, and when he comes to make
a resume of the week for the SUNDAY ed
ton he finds that he has twice as much
Information about the leading ladies of
the city and their doings rs he can use
Aud people read the detailed accounts of
exclusive gatherings and elaborate wards
robes and wonder how much wisdom is
obtained.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-17

Let the buyer beware, is a legal maxim,
and it was rigid business rule long within
my memory. The shopper had to I've on guard
against loaded cottoIE and dress stuffs, imi-
tation goods of all kinds. and in short, he had
to I've an expert to be a shopper If you
bought anything, from a spool of cotton to a
81 600 suite of furniture, you took them out of
the store at your peril, aud the merchant
washed his hands over the transaction. He
had your money, you had the goods--what
more would You have? My dear sir, or
madame, he was really very sorry if they
didn't suit, but You had ample opportunity TO
examine them, and therefore, and so on
| fancy that our fashionable shoppers wonld
open wide their eyes if they were treated 80
now. You can 60 to any store that adver-
tlS4s, examine, handle and purchase, and if
you change your mind return the article I'M
soiled, exchange it for anything else of the
same value or receive your money back do
not know when this era of honesty set in, but
it is now almost universal The rise of so
many merchants of this city from the little
stores and little ways to the colossal trade
marts and generous dealings ALWAYS reminds
NE of the advice of the farmer to his son:
Honesty is the best policy, Samuel know,
because ! have tried both. observer" in
Philadelphia Call
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-17

While the car must take pleasure in the
congratulations that have poured in upon
hun over his recent escape from assassination,
We may be sure that he does not find in
his good fortune an !aucury of future escapes.
His father survived four attempts to take
his life-one heing made by Zarasazoff, in
1855, at st. Petersburg; a second by Bere
chcvsl;y the following year at Paris; the
third by SoIovieti, in 1875, at st Petersburg,
the fourth occurring soon after al Moscow.
Yet all these We're to end i'll his falling 4
victim to the assasSn's bomb in March, 1881
In like manner the present czar must recog-
ME only too well that the revival of plots TO
kill him means also their repetition at con
venient times, aud with all the devices which
modern science puts at the command of the
Niilist. II would not be surprising to find
another attempt made as caution in the pub
lie appearances Of the emperor is a little
relaxed. Car Alexander Ill clings to his
despotic traditions, but he Is carrying on the
business of autocracy under serious dis
advantages New York Times.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-17

PERHAPS the most unolthodox mistake"
writes an authority on royal etiquette, "is
the one which is so commonly fallen into of
multiplying the title when addressing those
possessed of one. In France, speaking with
duke, marquis OF count, one gives him
his nobility appellation once or twice to con
vey to him that his rank is recognized. and
then relapses into the ordinary monsieur To
Use the title without that pretext is a sign of
familiarity, and not generally practiced at
all among men Women should be careful
how they allow men to call them by their
title alone. The plain madame is far more re-
spectful When mentioning titled persons in
their absence nothing is more fatal than to
use the title without adding the family name
1t is snobbish, and implies that the speaker
knows but one person of the order and is
elated by it! In England kings are addressed
sir, the queens as madame The same ap-
plies to princes and princesses of the blood;
an early opportunity must be taken to intro
duce the formula, your majesty or your
royal hichness.' in the following sentences,
written or spoken Philadelphia Call
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-17
SHERIFF's SALE.

By virtne Of an Execution and Fee Bill No. SOss,
issued out of the clerk Office of the circuit court
to me directed whereby am commanded tomake
the amount of certain Judgment recently OBJ
tanned against James Riley, in favor OF james
NJ. Beardsley out OF the lands, fenements,
goods and ehattels of the said defendant.
James Riley,I have levied upon the following
property, to-wit:
Lots seven "a and ten 10i in block thirty four
f34)t hicago or lower addition to the city of Rock
Island in the county of Rock Island and state of
Illinois.
Therefore, according TO said command, shall
expose for sale. at public auction, all the right,
title and interest of the above named James
Riley, in and to the above described property
on Thursday, the 18th day of May. 1881, at
O'Clock p m at the north door Of the court house
in the city of Rock STAND, in the county of Rock
Island and state of Illinois, for cash in hand, TO
satisfy said execution and fee bin
Dated at Rock Island, this 5th day OF May
A. D., 1887. I. SlLNlS,
5-dtd Sheriff Of Rock Island County, Illinois